There have been extensions out there that are close to amusing the current behavior. Example: https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-cuts-fake-ad-blockers-from-c

There have been extensions out there that are close to amusing the current behavior. Example: https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-cuts-fake-ad-blockers-from-chrome-store-were-you-among-20-million-fooled/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-cuts-fake-ad-blockers-f... My understanding of the current behavior is that an extension like uBlock can programmatically read requests. Extensions will be made to abuse an API and people will install them unwittingly.